Our struggle with change is back on the business agenda.
The last two years have seen organisations struggling with disruptions to supply chains, to the workforce and markets. Individuals have been affected in many ways with the loss of the job or with forced changes to the professional or personal plans. Many of us have been forced to change the way we work and the way we relate with colleagues and customers. We had to learn new skills that we did not even imagine we needed. We may have even changed the view of the world, our political view, how we rate our NHS, our attitude toward science and technology. For many of us it has been a real struggle, sadly aggravated by the premature loss of members of the family, friends and colleagues.
The unique circumstances caused by the pandemic, my personal struggle and some books and articles that I read gave me the inspiration to write about change. I would like to reflect about the many facets of change, why we have this difficulty in facing and embracing change and, of course, make a connection with the project management profession.
All project management organisations will have in their training programmes detailed modules for change management. I will not review those approaches or propose alternative ways. I will give a personal commentary, up for scrutiny and debate.
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I hope this series will be of interest and, as usual, I will be happy to receive comments and constructive feedback.
Marco Bottacini, Senior Portfolio Manager at GALVmed
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinion of GALVmed.
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